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Pea crab inside mussel
A female pea crab inside an opened male mussel. Pea crabs live alone within mussels throughout their adult lives. Female pea crabs never leave their mussel hosts, while males leave only to fertilise the eggs of a female within another mussel.
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Published:14 June 2013Size: 36.69 KB